Background
He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Ing. He was always an amateur shooter and served as president, several times, of the Argentine Shooting Federation (FAT), the Argentinean Olympic Committee (1973/1977) and his sporting alma mater the Societa Italiana di Tiro a Segno (SITAS), a Buenos Aires-based shooting club He participated in both Free Pistol and Rifle matches, of several World Cups, Olympic and Pan American Games representing Argentina and winning medals in many of them. Some of his titles were:
Gold Medal in 300 metre free rifle standing 40 shots men at Stockholm Sweden 1947.
Gold Medal in 300 metre army rifle ARG-system men at Buenos Aires Argentina 1949.
Bronze Medal in 300 metre army rifle ARG-system men team at Buenos Aires Argentina 1949.
Cagnasso was a member of many World and Olympic shooting teams in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.